To­tally re­fur­bished in 2013, the mu­seum houses and high­lights all the ma­te­rial not presently in use in the Duomo, linked to its his­tory and con­struc­tion. Com­pris­ing 2,000 square me­tres of space, twenty seven rooms and thirteen the­matic ar­eas, the mu­seum hosts more than two hun­dred sculp­tures and over seven hun­dred gyp­sum mod­els and then again paint­ings, stained glass win­dows, ta­pes­tries and ar­chi­tec­tural mod­els rang­ing from the 15th cen­tury to the present day. Wor­thy of par­tic­u­lar note are the rooms of the Te­soro, Tin­toretto's “Je­sus Among the Doc­tors”, the im­pos­ing wooden model of the cathe­dral built in 1519 and the tiles of the fifth door of the Duomo by Lu­cio Fon­tana and Lu­ciano Min­guzzi. Open Tues-Sun 10am-6pm. Closed on Mon­day and 1 Jan­uary, 1 May, 25 De­cem­ber. Full price ticket €6. Cumulative ticket 15€ (Ter­races of the Duomo by lift, Mu­seum and Te­soro and the Bap­tis­tery of San Gio­vanni alle Fonti). http://museo.duo­momi­lano.it. Palazzo Reale, pi­azza Duomo, 12. T: 02 72022656. M1-M3 Duomo. Map F5 FREE WITH

Home to valu­able min­eral, botanical and zo­o­log­i­cal col­lec­tions. High­lights in­clude a large fos­sil col­lec­tion, re­con­struc­tions of ex­tinct an­i­mals and dio­ra­mas with stuffed an­i­mals shown in their nat­u­ral habi­tats orig­i­nat­ing both from Europe and other ex­otic places. It con­tains the only di­nosaur skele­ton ex­ist­ing in Italy. Open Tues-Sun 9am-5.30pm. Full price ticket €3 (free ad­mis­sion on Fri­day af­ter­noon). www.co­mune.mi­lano.it/museosto­ri­anat­u­rale. Corso Venezia, 55. T: 02 88463337. M1 Pale­stro. Map G3

Museo Nazionale della Scienza e della Tec­nolo­gia Leonardo da Vinci

Housed in a 16th cen­tury monastery, this is one of the most im­por­tant mu­se­ums of sci­ence and tech­nol­ogy in the world. Its col­lec­tions ex­plore the re­la­tion­ship be­tween men and ma­chines start­ing from the in­ge­nious in­ven­tions of the world fa­mous Leonardo da Vinci. Open Tues-Fri 9.30am-5.00pm; Sat, Sun and Hol­i­days 9.30am6.30pm. Full ticket €10 ( FREE WITH ) + Guided tour in­side the En­rico Toti sub­ma­rine €8. www.museo­scienza.org. Via San Vit­tore, 21. T: 02 48555558. M2 Sant'Am­bro­gio. Map D5

Museo San Siro

FOOT­BALL The first and only mu­seum in Italy in­side a Sta­dium, the San Siro Mu­seum dis­plays all kinds of his­toric items from two of the most suc­cess­ful Ital­ian Foot­ball League clubs: A.C. Mi­lan and F.C. In­ter­nazionale (In­ter): old jer­seys, pho­tos, boots, tick­ets and a fab­u­lous tro­phy case. The Giuseppe Meazza Sta­dium (San Siro) is the largest sta­dium in Italy and the fourth in Europe. Don't miss the “Foot­ball Lovers Tour” or­ga­nized by Zani Vi­aggi (www.zanivi­aggi.it). Open daily 9.30am-5pm. Mu­seum ticket €7. Mu­seum + Sta­dium tour €17. www.san­siro­tour. com, www.san­siro.net. Pi­az­zale An­gelo Mo­ratti. T: 02 4042432. M5 San Siro. Off Map FREE WITH

Com­pleted in 1996, this 1,200 sq.m. space is the most im­por­tant ex­hi­bi­tion cen­tre for con­tem­po­rary art in Mi­lan, boast­ing a gar­den area for sculp­tures, a raised floor for paint­ings and a bal­cony for pho­tos and graphic works. Fully ac­ces­si­ble by the dis­abled. Open Tues-Sun 9.30am- 7.30pm; Thurs 9.30am-10.30pm (only dur­ing the ex­hi­bi­tions). Full price ticket €8. www.pacmi­lano.it. Via Pale­stro, 14. T: 02 88446359. M1 Pale­stro, M3 Tu­rati. Map G3

Pi­na­coteca di Br­era

Opened to the public in 1809, the Pi­na­coteca di Br­era is lo­cated in the Neo-clas­si­cal build­ing of the same name which also houses other cul­tural in­sti­tu­tions in­clud­ing the Braidense Li­brary, the Astro­nom­i­cal Ob­ser­va­tory, the Botanical Gar­dens, the Isti­tuto Lom­bardo Ac­cademia di Scienze e Let­tere and the Academy of Fine Arts. The Pi­na­coteca hosts one of the most spec­tac­u­lar col­lec­tions of art in Italy. The new lay­outs of its rooms is sched­uled for com­ple­tion by 2018. Open Tues-Sun 8.30am-7.15pm (Thurs 8.30am-10.15pm, the en­trance price is 2 euro start­ing from 6pm un­til 10.15pm - ticket of­fice clo­sure at 9.40pm). Full ticket price €10. pina­cote­cabr­era.org. Via Br­era, 28. T: 02 722631. M2 Lanza, M3 Mon­te­napoleone. Map F3 FREE WITH

This is one of the most vi­brant, pop­u­lar and im­por­tant ex­hi­bi­tion cen­tres in the city. Fea­tur­ing an­nu­ally chang­ing ex­hi­bi­tions of note, it also owns the most im­por­tant per­ma­nent col­lec­tion of de­sign works. This fan­tas­tic mu­seum is brim­ming with end­less in­stal­la­tions orig­i­nat­ing from bril­liant minds all over the world. It has a su­perb me­dia li­brary on de­sign, art and ar­chi­tec­ture. Open Tues-Sun 10.30am-8.30pm (last ad­mis­sion 1 hour be­fore clos­ing time). Closed on Mon­day. Full ticket €10. www.tri­en­nale.org. Viale E. Ale­magna, 6. T: 02 724341. M1-M2 Cadorna FN. Map D3 FREE WITH